What is the meaning of transcribe?

verb

  • Write out from speech, notes, etc..
    • usage: "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"
  • Rewrite in a different script.
    • usage: "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"
  • Rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended.
  • Make a phonetic transcription of.
    • usage: "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant"
  • Convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA. .
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APAWordNet. (2010). transcribe. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/transcribe/definitions/1330527
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "transcribe" http://smartdefine.org/transcribe/definitions/1330527 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, transcribe, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/transcribe/definitions/1330527>.
MLAWordNet. "transcribe" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/transcribe/definitions/1330527>
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